Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Foundations

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  1. Pile is a heavy beam of timber, concrete, or steel, driven (or casted in-situ) into the earth as a foundation or support for a structure.

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  2. A special type of foundation that enables a structure to be supported by a hard layer of soil or rock found at any depth below the soft top surface of the ground.

    IN OTHER WORDS..

    Pile is a structural member which transmits the load of the structure to such layer of soil below the ground surface.

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